Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and Actions

Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
PART I Introduction
	1. Introduction: the centrality of arenas, agents and actions
		INTRODUCTION
		THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ROOTS OF POLICY CIRCULATION STUDIES
		THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY FUTURE OF POLICY CIRCULATION STUDIES
		OUTLINE OF THE BOOK
		REFERENCES
PART II Arenas
	2. Policy circulation through the Twitterverse: the case of Arctic development policy
		INTRODUCTION
		THE FIFTH ESTATE AND TWITTER
		ARCTIC DEVELOPMENT AND TWITTER: THE CASE AND METHOD OF ANALYSIS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	3. Seeing is believing? Understanding policy tourism as an arena for policy circulation*
		INTRODUCTION
		POLICY TOURISM AND POLICY CIRCULATION
		THE INFLUENCE OF POLICY TOURISM
		CONCLUSION
		NOTES
		REFERENCES
	4. The South as an arena of policy circulation: South–South cooperation on human rights policies1
		INTRODUCTION
		BRAZIL AND SOUTH–SOUTH COOPERATION
		ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS
		NOTES
		REFERENCES
PART III Agents
	5. Big philanthropies as agents of policy circulation in development: examining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
		INTRODUCTION
		PHILANTHROPIC DONORS – ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS AS TRANSNATIONAL POLICY SUPPLIERS
		BIG PHILANTHROPY AND TRANSNATIONAL POLICY CIRCULATION – DRAWING FROM THE CASE OF THE GATES FOUNDATION
		BIG PHILANTHROPIES: POLICY CIRCULATION AGENTS WITH POWER
		REFERENCES
	6. The business of global intermediaries in the promotion of bus rapid transit
		INTRODUCING THE CASE OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT
		A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY UNDERSTANDING OF INTERMEDIARIES
		BRT CIRCULATION BEFORE INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY
		BRT CIRCULATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY
		CONCLUDING REMARKS
		REFERENCES
	7. Failure is an option: epistemic communities and the circulation of Health Technology Assessment
		INTRODUCTION
		HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
		TOWARDS A TYPOLOGY OF EPISTEMIC COMMUNITIES POST-FAILURE
		CONCLUSIONS
		REFERENCES
PART IV Actions
	8. Collaborative interactions: understanding transfer success in transport regulation and compliance policies
		INTRODUCTION
		GUIDANCE FROM THE LITERATURE
		METHODOLOGY
		THE POLICY TRANSFER CASES
		DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	9. Policy transfer strategies: how agents’ actions ensure lessons from abroad stick at home
		INTRODUCTION
		POLICY STRATEGIES IN POLICY TRANSFER PROCESSES
		POLICY TRANSFER STRATEGIES AT WORK: COMPARING CHILEAN AND MEXICAN REFORM EXPERIENCES
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	10. Enacting persuasion: storytelling, emotional artefacts and face-to-face encounters as key actions behind policy circulation1
		INTRODUCTION
		A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON POLICY LEARNING, TRANSFER AND MOBILITIES
		MOBILIZING THE ‘BOGOTÁ MODEL’ IN GUADALAJARA
		CONCLUSION
		NOTES
		REFERENCES
	11. Policy narratives and policy transfer mechanisms: towards a research agenda
		INTRODUCTION
		POLICY TRANSFER MECHANISMS
		THE NARRATIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK (NPF)
		OPERATIONALISATION OF THE NPF IN POLICY TRANSFER RESEARCH
		POLICY NARRATIVE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFER MECHANISM OF LEARNING
		POLICY NARRATIVE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSFER MECHANISM OF PERSUASION
		POLICY NARRATIVE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFER MECHANISMS OF OBLIGATION
		POLICY NARRATIVE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSFER MECHANISM OF CONDITIONALITY
		POLICY NARRATIVE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFER MECHANISM OF IMPOSITION
		CONCLUSION AND RESEARCH AGENDA
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
		REFERENCES
PART V Conclusion
	12. Prospects for policy circulation studies: towards engaged pluralism?
		INTRODUCTION
		FROM FRAGMENTING PLURALISM TO ENGAGED PLURALISM
		CREATING ‘TRADING ZONES’ FOR ENGAGED PLURALISM
		CONCEPTUAL COORDINATES FOR ENGAGED PLURALISM: ARENAS, AGENTS AND ACTIONS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
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